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The following is based on the topic outline found in the AP US History "Acorn Guide". Although it is not necessarily exactly what you need to know for the exam, it will provide you with an "idea" of what you are reading for (while taking "Fresh Notes," of course).

12. Reconstruction
  • Presidential and Radical Reconstruction
  • Southern state governments: aspirations, achievements, failures
  • Role of African Americans in politics, education, and the economy
  • Compromise of 1877
  • Impact of Reconstruction

13. The Origins of the New South
  • Reconfiguration of southern agriculture: sharecropping and crop lien system
  • Expansion of manufacturing and industrialization
  • The politics of segregation: Jim Crow and disfranchisement

Kennedy Chapters for this Segment

  • Chapter 22 - The Ordeal of Reconstruction (pages 477-499)

The "New York" Quiz Questions for this section


Kennedy Exam Multiple Choice Questions for this section


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